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Accounting
Study
Information
Guide
WGU
Internal
Systems
Accounting
Controls
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Information
Processes
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Systems
and Exam
Controls
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Questions
Processes
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and Exam
Controls
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External users include creditors, stockholders, potential investors, regulatory agencies, tax
authorities, suppliers, and customers.
Internal users include management at all levels of the organization as well as operations
personnel.
Data versus Information Data are facts, which may or may not be processed (edited, summarized, or
refined) and have no direct effect on a user's actions. By contrast, information
causes the user to take an action that he or she otherwise could not, or would
not, have taken.
centralized data processing model all data processing is performed by one or more large computers housed in a
common data center that serves users throughout the organization.
distributed data processing (DDP) model users process their transactions locally. Under this configuration each user
segment possesses the IT personnel, facilities, hardware, software, and data they
need to support their operations.
The primary input to the transaction processing system is a financial transaction.
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The major difference between the financial reporting FRS provides information to external users; the MRS provides information to
system (FRS) and the management reporting system internal users.
(MRS) is the
The author distinguishes between the accounting whether the transactions are financial or nonfinancial that directly affect the
information system and the management information processing of financial transactions.
system based on
An example of a financial transaction is the purchase of computer.
An example of a nonfinancial transaction is log of customer calls
The transaction processing system includes which of the the conversion cycle
following?
The goal of data processing is the production of useful information.
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Which of the following is an external end user? tax authorities
tax authorities
credit manager
cost accountant
union steward
An appraisal function housed within the organization that internal auditing.
performs a wide range of services for management is
What factor conceptually distinguishes external auditing constituencies
and internal auditing?
What are the three transaction cycles process of a firm's the expenditure cycle, the conversion cycle, and the revenue cycle
economic activity.
expenditure cycle incurs expenditures in exchange for resources
conversion cycle provides value added through its products or services
revenue cycle receives revenue from outside sources
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